Definition of Boxfishes. Meaning of Boxfishes. Synonyms of Boxfishes

- pufferfishes and filefishes. Fish in the family are known variously as boxfishes, cofferfishes, cowfishes and trunkfishes. It contains about 23 extant...
- typical of most fishes. These forms range from nearly square or triangular (boxfishes), globose (pufferfishes) to laterally compressed (filefishes and triggerfishes)...
- are a family of bony fishes related to the boxfishes. They are somewhat more primitive than the true boxfishes, but have a similar protective covering of...
- pdf Santini, Francesco (2013). "A multilocus molecular phylogeny of boxfishes (Aracanidae, Ostraciidae; Tetraodontiformes)". Molecular Phylogenetics...
- Tetrosomus is a genus of boxfishes native to the Indian and western Pacific Oceans. There are currently four recognized species in this genus: Tetrosomus...
- from strong and rigid armour plates in fishes such as shrimpfishes and boxfishes, to microscopic or absent in fishes such as eels and anglerfishes. The...
- were selected to embody these to the full, from the scale patterns of boxfishes to the spirals of ammonites to the perfect symmetries of jellies and microorganisms...
- Lactoria is a genus of boxfishes. Three species in this genus are recognized: Matsuura, K. (2014): Taxonomy and systematics of tetraodontiform fishes:...
- Aracana is a genus of deepwater boxfishes native to the coastal waters of Australia. There are currently 2 recognized species in this genus: Matsuura...
- Kentrocapros is a genus of deepwater boxfishes native to coastal waters of the Indian and Pacific Oceans. There are currently 5 recognized species in...